County: Cavan Site name: CLOUGHBALLYBEG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Margaret Gowen
Site type: Fulacht fiadh
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 667936m, N 784815m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.808434, -6.968526
Monitoring of topsoil removal on the Northeastern Pipeline, Phase 3 - Phase 2 fulacht fiadh, revealed a number of features and spreads of burnt mound material. Only one, this site, required excavation. It was a small fulacht fiadh, lying at the summit of a north-east-facing slope towards Mullagh Lough. It had maximum dimensions of 8m x 8m with a centrally placed, stone-lined pit. The pit measured 1.8m x 1m and was 0.55m deep. The burnt mound material had a maximum depth of 0.2m around the trough. There were no other finds or related features.
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